R. Meyer J. Köhler A. Homburg Explosives

367 Zinc Peroxide
X-Ray Flash
By using special X-ray tubes and very fast high-voltage circuitry, it is
possible to generate and trigger ultrashort X-ray flashes down to the
nano-/micro-second range.
These X-ray flashes are an important mean of short-time photography
because they enable fast occuring phenomena to be recorded by
means of X-ray photographs.
In practice, this possibility of short-time radioscopy of test specimens
is made use of for shaped charges (W Shaped Charges). Thus, it is
possible, during a desired time of detonation, to make a photographic
record, in the form of single X-ray photographs, of the penetration and
streaming behaviour of the sting into a target.
Zinc Peroxide
Zinkperoxid; peroxyde de zinc
n ZnO2 · Zn(OH)2, n ≥3
light yellow amorphous powder
sum formula: ZnO2
molecular weight: 97.379 g
energy of formation: –344.8 kJ/mole
enthalpy of formation: –347.3 kJ/mole
oxygen balance: 16.43%
density: 1.57 g/cm3 melting point: >150 °C
Fp.: decomposition upwards of 200 °C
Zinc peroxide is not hygroscopic and insoluble in water and organic
solvents. The compound results from reaction of an ammoniacal zinc
sulfate solution wit 30% hydrogen peroxide at 80°–95 °C. The bulk
density and oxygen value can ba varied over a relatively wide range if
certain temperature and concentration conditions are maintained.
Zinc peroxide is used in pyrotechnic mixtures and primer compositions
whose reaction products should not contain any corrosive and hazardous
components (W SINTOX Primer Compositions).
Explosives. Sixth Edition. Rudolf Meyer, Josef Köhler, Axel Homburg
Copyright © 2007 Wiley-VCH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim
ISBN: 978-3-527-31656-4